Updates

Nothing stays still in Scouting and the following changes will be coming into effect.

On Friday June 14 it was announced His Majesty King Charles III was to formally become Patron of the Scout Association continuing in a long tradition of Royal patronage, taking over from his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.

He was as a youngster a Scout and this came a day before his "official" birthday which was marked on saturday in the Trooping The Colour.

It was announced on Saturday Bear Grylls, would be standing down from September from being the Chief Scout after some 15 years and five terms in post having been appointed in 2009.

This was planned as he was for standing down in 2020 but stayed on for an additional term which has seen membership rise not withstanding challenges from Covid and reform within the movement to encourage more youngsters to join and volunteering easier to fit better into modern lives.